Huntsville City Schools

School Year 2013-14 School Instructional Targets

November 7, 2013

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Alabama Plan 2020 and NCLB WaiverEvery Child a Graduate – Every Child Prepared for

College, Work, Adulthood in the 21st Century

Prepared Graduate – College Ready: ALSDE defines a College Ready graduate as one who possesses the knowledge and skills needed to enroll and succeed in credit-bearing, first-year courses at a two- or four-year college, trade school, technical school, without the need for remediation.

Prepared Graduate – Career Ready: ALSDE defines a Career Ready graduate as one who possesses the ability to apply core academic skills to real-world situations through collaboration with peers in problem solving, precision, and punctuality in delivery of a product, and has a desire to be a life-long learner.

HCS Strategy – Implement Digital Curriculum Aligned with Alabama College and Career Readiness Standards to Foster Development of College and Career Ready Graduates and Life-Long Learners for the 21st Century Learners

HCS Strategy - Implement ACT Aspire Assessments in K-8, ACT Quality Core Curriculum in High School, and ACT Assessment for All Students in 11th Grade to Align Teaching and Learning with Student College Readiness.

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Alabama Plan 2020 and NCLB WaiverLearner Objectives – Achievement and Growth

Achievement: ALSDE goal is for all students to perform at or above grade level proficiency.

HCS K-8 Goal: 10% more students within schools and grade levels attaining benchmark scores on ACT Aspire assessments in SY2013-14 than attained Level-4 (Advanced) proficiency in SY2012-13.

Growth: ALSDE goal is for all students to show continuous improvement.

HCS Goal – K-11 grades attain STAR Student Growth Percentile (SGP) targets in each school by grade level in Math and Reading.

HCS High School Goals: • Students attain benchmark scores on ACT Quality Core assessments in

SY2013-14 as prescribed in targets provided to each school.

• High Schools increase AP & IB enrollments and the share of students earning qualifying scores in AP and IB courses.

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Alabama Plan 2020 and NCLB WaiverLearner Objectives – Gap Closure

Achievement: ALSDE goal is that all students succeed (gap closure).HCS K-12 Goals: • Accelerate student growth among low proficiency students while challenging high

proficiency students.• Place At-Risk students in Pre-K and achieve target early literacy growth.• Assign students so that they are not sequentially enrolled in classrooms with an

SGP Below 50.• Assign retained students in High Growth classrooms with an SGP of 65 or Higher.

HCS K-12 Instructional Strategies: • Accelerate Change of Practice to enhance teacher mastery of the Digital

Curriculum to close the Digital Divide and Personalized Learning.• Employ Formative Assessment every 9 weeks using School Net and STAR to guide

personalized instruction• Increase teacher effectiveness by:o Shifting low-value added grading and sampling tasks from teachers to the learning

management systems.o Focus professional development on change of practice (digital and common core)

and in the use of data from formative assessments to guide instruction.

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Alabama Plan 2020 and NCLB WaiverLearner Objectives – Every Student Graduates Prepared

College and Career Readiness: ALSDE seeks for every high school graduate to be able to earn credit in first year college Math, Science, English, and Social Studies courses.

HCS K-12 Goals: • An increasing share of students will attain benchmark scores on ACT Quality Core

assessments.

• An increasing share of 11th grade students will attain benchmark scores on the ACT assessment beginning with SY2014-15.

• An increasing share of students will enroll in and attain qualifying scores in AP and IB courses.

HCS K-12 Strategies: • Accelerate change of practice to the digital curriculum and instruction aligned with

Common Core standards.

• Expand Implementation of “Laying the Foundation” and “Project Lead the Way” courses across 7th and 8th grades.

• Guide instruction using formative assessments within Quality Core classes using School Net.

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Alabama Plan 2020 and NCLB WaiverLearner Strategies

Standards: ALSDE seeks to develop and adopt college and career readiness aligned standards in all subject areas.

ALSDE Standards: • K-8: ACT Aspire.• High School: ACT Quality Core assessments in 12 content areas as well as the ACT

assessment in 11th Grade for all students.

HCS K-12 Strategies: • Immediately implement ACT Quality Core curriculum in 12 high school content areas.

• Employ STAR Math and Reading assessments in grades K-11 to monitor student growth.

• Convert to a digital curriculum aligned with Common Core standards.

• Develop and deploy formative assessments in School Net for all Math, Science, English, and Social Studies courses (less AP and IB) to guide instruction.

• All Grades: Student attendance should be 95% or higher in all schools.

• Employ “Reserve” Math, Science, and English teachers to act as long-term subs.

HCS Goal: Student attendance at or above 95% and a tardy rate below 7.5%.

o Reduce non-warranty repairs for student technology.o Increase digital curriculum use.

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ALSDE Accountability Model – Plan 2020 NCLB Waiver

Weight200 Points

90-110 30-50 50 10

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Summary of School Goals for SY2013-14

All Schools:

• School Wide Attendance and Tardy Rates.• Change of Practice Rates. • STAR Math and Reading Growth by Grade Level.

• ACT Aspire Benchmark Rates by Grade Level.

Middle Schools:

• Student Assignment Practices – Low Growth Classrooms & Retained Students.

10%10%

15%

15%

50%

35%

65%

ACT / Schoolnet

College & Career Ready

Pre-K

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3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

8th

9th

10th

11th

12th

STAR

ARMT / AHSGE

Schools (2011)

Diploma

ACT

PLAN

Explore

Learning to Read

Reading to Learn

Pre-AP / LTF / A

MSTI

Advanced Placement

HCS GOALS

ASPIRE

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ACT Score Percentage36 100%35 97%34 94%33 92%32 89%31 86%30 83%29 81%28 78%27 75%26 72%25 69%24 67%23 64%22 61%21 58%20 56%

Auburn 24 / 30 UA 22 / 3025th / 75th 25th / 75th

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ENGLISH Average Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 56th Regular 62.8% 63.1% 64.4% 60.9% --- ---6th Advanced 73.8% 73.6% 71.6% 74.9% 75.0% ---7th Regular 57.7% 53.3% 54.1% 62.7% 58.2% 60.4%7th Advanced 83.2% 83.6% 83.7% 85.1% 82.3% 81.2%8th Regular 72.8% 70.5% 74.7% 73.2% --- ---8th Advanced 77.4% 71.4% 82.8% 76.6% 78.7% ---MATH Average Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 56th Regular 59.9% 59.7% 64.6% 55.5% --- ---6th Advanced 89.3% 86.9% 91.9% 86.1% 92.2% ---7th Regular 57.7% 59.7% 55.3% 60.2% 55.5% ---7th Advanced 82.3% 80.0% 81.4% 83.5% 84.8% 81.7%8th Regular 52.7% 56.5% 53.9% 54.8% 45.4% ---8th Advanced 80.3% 81.8% 74.4% 80.6% 80.0% 84.5%SCIENCE Average Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 56th Regular 62.1% 63.9% 64.4% 58.0% --- ---6th Advanced 77.6% 79.2% 75.7% 75.9% 79.7% ---7th Regular 50.4% 53.3% 44.0% 61.6% 42.7% ---7th Advanced 75.5% 79.4% 78.0% 70.5% 73.9% ---8th Regular 50.4% 45.9% 53.5% 51.9% --- ---8th Advanced 67.8% 68.0% 65.8% 68.8% 67.6% 68.9%SOCIAL STUDIES Average Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 56th Regular 55.1% 53.5% 49.8% 62.0% --- ---6th Advanced 83.0% 83.8% 80.3% 84.6% 83.2% ---7th Regular 51.7% 55.7% 53.1% 44.7% 53.4% ---7th Advanced 69.5% 72.1% 68.2% 71.3% 68.1% 67.6%8th Regular 61.6% 58.6% 69.3% 61.8% 56.8% ---8th Advanced 80.3% 83.0% 82.3% 81.5% 78.5% 76.1%

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Highest Algebra Schoolnet Scores in the City (MS / HS)Highest Social Studies ScoresHighest Math Scores2nd Highest Science Scores2nd Highest English Scores$10,000 for the Robotics Team (Commissioner Roger Jones)$30,000 SMALL Labs (Rep. Sanderford, Rep Patterson, Chairman Strong)Math Team 2nd place in the Muscle Shoals competition (900 students)Advanc-Ed Accredited HMS is a No Place for Hate SchoolAll City Volleyball ChampionsAll City Football Champions

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